Mk 24 FIDO

[Hellraiser]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

My point was that being killed by a wandering monster you can't do anything about is not fun.

Just like in real life ....eh?

Life & death on a U-Boat was swift and ugly....and without pity or remorse. Not unlike a tree that falls in the forest...with no-one around.

Why would a player interested in realism and historical fact hide from such a feature?

If you get under quick enough...Fido won't get you....hesitate and....BOOOM!

[U-Falke]

But what if I stop the engines, or drop a decoy, what happens?

[igorlikespike]

Originally Posted by Hellraiser

Just like in real life ....eh?

Life & death on a U-Boat was swift and ugly....and without pity or remorse. Not unlike a tree that falls in the forest...with no-one around.

Why would a player interested in realism and historical fact hide from such a feature?

If you get under quick enough...Fido won't get you....hesitate and....BOOOM!

Woohoo!
I never thought that this question would raise so many responses. Nice!

I know that it is not fun to get killed by something you do not see as Sailor Steve and jimbuna said, but if we all want to be as close to realism as possible, then we should at least try to model this serious threat to u-boats after March 1943. I guess that from the gameplay point of view it is far more fun to be playing the "Happy days" campaign in 1940 and early 1942, than the period after March 1943. with all the advanced ASW capabilities, but being an u-boat ace in the "tough period" is something all of us are trying to be.

I accept the Ducimus criticism of using the event camera. Of all the options, this is the ONLY ONE i am using (97% realistic), so from now on, in campaigns, I am swiching this option off permanently. But correct me if I'm wrong, the hedgehog dc pattern doesn't make enough sound for my sonarman to pick up, unlike normal DC (dc in the water sir). So, if you get hit by a hedgehog dc and not using event camera, you will not know what hit you, THE SAME as you wouldn't know if a fido homed on your u-boat.
My only wish is that i would have the same modding abilities as some oy ou guys so that i could mod the fido mysef instead of just talking about it.